- A report by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (AMRSN) reveals growing resistance to commonly used antibiotics in diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTIs), bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and typhoid in India.
- The report highlights resistance patterns in six key pathogenic groups using genomics and whole genome sequencing.
- Gram-negative bacilli, which can cause infections anywhere in the body, remain the most isolated pathogens from the most clinically relevant samples, including blood, urine, and respiratory tract samples.
- Among the Outpatients and Inpatients department Escherichia coli bacillus was the most isolated pathogen followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
- Acinetobacter baumannii is the most isolated pathogen in Intensive care units.
- Along with these, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus faecalis were leading isolates.
- Data were collected from 21 regional centres across the country, representing both public and private healthcare sectors.
- This is the seventh detailed report (2023) from the ICMR-AMRSN, tracking trends and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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